The newest Linux kernel, version 3.3, includes code from Google's Android project. That should help both Android and other Linux-based projects. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

Windows 7's clock is ticking. It has six month left before Microsoft ends free support for it. That's not news. We've known that for ages. But, by the federal government's Digital Analytics Program ...

The much-anticipated next version of the core of the Linux operating system is ready at last. Linux creator Linus Torvalds and the army of programmers who collectively develop the Linux kernel ...

Linux and Android are two closely linked open-source projects, but they've been as notable for how distant they are from each other--until this week Linux and Android are two closely linked ...

Also in today’s open source roundup: DarkDuck reviews Kubuntu 16.10, and 5 alternatives to Microsoft Office in Linux Arch Linux has long been known as a very powerful desktop distribution, but one ...

Tiny Core Linux is a true example of just how small a functional desktop operating system can be, even in 2025.

For the past several releases, the Fedora Project has been pursuing what it calls Fedora Next. Essentially, Fedora Next took a step back and looked at how the distro is used and came up with editions ...

There are countless things about the state of technology in 2019 that would startle a visitor from 2009, but this is up there: Microsoft will include a custom-built Linux kernel in the next version of ...

Decades of relentless overenthusiasm from Linux fans about this year really being "the year of the Linux desktop" means I struggle to even joke about that by now, but Valve bringing Steam to Linux ...

The team responsible for creating the newest game in the Metro series, 4A Games, have made public their plans to release the title to both Mac OS X and the Linux software environments through Deep ...

The folk sheltering from nuclear winter in Metro: Last Light's subway system are determined to be diverse. Despite being forever plagued by bands of scavengers and mutants they've found the time to ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Deep Silver and 4A Games announced today that a Mac version of Metro: Last Light will arrive on September 10, while a Linux iteration will be released ...